Um... Still can't remember the other app that I was thinking of, but I note that Auto Mailer is linked to from eAnnouncer's home page for those visitors who do not use Outlook. Looks to be from the same developer...

"Some people have a way with words, other people,... oh... have not way" - Steve Martin

Try fairlogic WorldCast - free for non-commercial use. I have used the commercial version to send out HTML newsletters with custom merge fields. It is easy to use, but I did encounter a compatibility issue with IE7. They just released an update, which may resolve it.

In the interim, I switched to infacta GroupMail 5. They also have a free edition which limits sending to 100 at a time.

Mouser and I had a similar conversation over mail recently. He recommended phplist. I was looking at companies like aweber that provide their own servers to send mails.

phplist looks great. The problem with installing software like this on your server is that the server may be blacklisted, and then most of your messages will never reach your audience (without you knowing!).Since I'm hosted in a off-the-mill dreamhost account, chances of having a neighbor spamming the hell out of people in my same server are high. Worse, it might be that if anyone at dreamhost has spammed ever, dreamhost is blacklisted.

I think that's the point the companies who sell services make. Of course, I don't have stats on how many messages would be lost (not sure if they do!).

In your case, ig you 'own' your own server, and can be pretty sure it's not blacklisted, they you can just install a program like these. If you are on a shared server, then all bets are off!

Hey, thanks to everyone who responded.. I ended up using IContact It's working out really good for me. The only bummer is the monthly fee.. So I will look at the others you all have suggested. Sorry- I haven't been back here for a while, and didn't get any email response to let me know I got posts back.

One thing about Icontact- Only about 28 percent of people are opening my emails.. And these are highly targeted lists... Very useful newsletters to the people that get them. Do you think they are going to people's spam box due to the server? Maybe it would be better to use something else.. When I have some time, I will check into this more.